••• Bubby’s has a “new baby cow” for spring. It better hope veal isn’t on the menu.

••• Thursday is Poem in Your Pocket Day, a big day at the Poets House: “We’re beginning the day with a great community breakfast and poetry ‘read-in’ at 8:30 a.m., (we’re expecting several politicians and community board members to be in attendance). This will be followed by our usual handing out of poems throughout the day at Poets House and the World Financial Center. Then in the evening will be a groundbreaking concert featuring dozens of third and sixth grade students from P.S. 89 and I.S. 289 who will take the stage to sing original songs and recite original poetry. The students will be joined by prominent poets from Poets House and professional musicians from the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra.”

••• Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m., Act Up and Occupy Wall Street are having a demonstration in City Hall Park that includes a march down Broadway. Great, more yelling into microphones. (I spent Sunday with my head buried under a pillow while people screamed and ranted and sang about Jesus.) And don’t lecture me about what Act Up has achieved; that’s not my point. I just want some noise control so people three blocks away don’t have to listen if they don’t want to.

••• Terroir is among the new food (and wine) vendors on the High Line. —Eater

••• “Yesterday Bob Townley, executive director of Manhattan Youth—a community-based after-school services provider—was experiencing deja vu at City Hall. He and six middle school students from his after-school program at I.S. 289 in Battery Park City stood with hundreds of other youth services providers and children whose programs stand to be eliminated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Mr. Townley, the I.S. 289 students, and many others had fought the same fight last year, but this year’s cuts go even deeper.” —Broadsheet

••• “The cost of renovating City Hall is going through the roof. More major structural problems have been discovered in the 200-year-old building that will drive up the cost of repairs and upgrades from $123.8 million to just under $150 million.” —New York Post

••• A jeweler picked up a hooker in Midtown who took him to the Cosmopolitan Hotel, allegedly drugged him, and stole $50,000 worth of uncut diamonds. At least he got laid before he got screwed. —New York Post

••• An ode to Poets House. —Wall Street Journal

••• The New Yorker reviews North End Grill: salad yes, eggs no. (See comments for link that works)

••• From a press release: “Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue will open in the Fall 2012 with the mission to create Jewish opportunities for prayer, learning, and service for families, individuals and youth living in Lower Manhattan. Tamid will be led by three Reform rabbis, Darren Levine, Darcie Crystal, and Michael Mellen, all New York City residents and friends and colleagues dating back to rabbinical school in the late 1990’s. [...] For Shabbat and High Holy Days, Tamid will meet at St. Paul’s Chapel.”

••• Brite Buy Wines & Spirits has opened on Franklin between Church Franklin Place and Broadway. The new space is much roomier than the one on Sixth (which is being torn down). I should’ve taken a photo inside because this one didn’t really come out.

••• From Poets House: “Starting this Friday, April 6 and continuing until Tuesday, April 10, you can support Poets House by making a purchase at Barnes & Noble, Tribeca (97 Warren Street) or online at bn.com by providing the code 10734879 at checkout. A percentage of each purchase will benefit Poets House and will help support our general operations, ensuring that our 50,000-volume poetry library and literary center continues to thrive.” I always want to know what the percentage is, but I guess anything is net positive.

FEBRUARY 26–APRIL 21
Poets House has an exhibit of the work of children’s poet and artist Douglas Florian (that’s his painting at left). On Feb. 26 there will be a book signing at 11 a.m.

FEBRUARY 27
At 6 p.m., Community Board 1 is hosting a panel discussion about affordable housing. If you’ve seen it, drop by and let ‘em know where to find it. 49-51 Chambers, room 709; bring ID.

MARCH 5
The Tribeca Meet & Greet, organized by BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, is at Canal Park Playhouse from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Anyone with an interest in Lower Manhattan is welcome to attend. The food and drinks”—from Canal Park Playhouse, Frankly Wines, and MaxDelivery—”are free as well.”

MARCH 6–APRIL 27
At RH Gallery: John O’Reilly’s “I stand at look at them long and long” (left). From the release: “This exhibition will include recent sculptures depicting animals which embody the illusion of breath and experience. O’Reilly’s sculptures are modeled in clay and then cast in resin infused with particles of porcelain, bone and graphite.”

MARCH 7–11
“Hotel Particulier is pleased to announce ‘Under Construction,’ an exhibition taking place during the week of the 2012 Armory Show in NYC, presenting works by six artists whose galleries are participating in the art fair. Hotel Particulier aims to reintroduce café society with its new concept for the New York cultural and artistic landscape by offering multiple curated spaces including a gallery, an independent shop, and a café featuring a champagne|wine bar with small culinary plates. All spaces are separated and brought together by a common thread—a curated theme on a critical contemporary issue. Each exhibition and accompanying series of special programming will run for two to three months. Located in an old Soho garage north of Grand Street [bet. Varick and Sixth], and currently under construction, this raw space offers an opportunity to exhibit work in a setting that is different from the traditional white box art gallery.”

MARCH 9
Two Richard Pryor films screen at 92YTribeca: Blue Collar (directed by Paul Schrader and also starring Harvey Keitel) and Which Way Is Up?

MARCH 10
At BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center: “The Magic School Bus, Live! The Climate Challenge.”

MARCH 12
Adrien Brody joins 92YTribeca for a screening of his new film, Detachment, also starring Marci Gay Harden and Christina Hendricks and Blythe Danner and Lucy Liu and Tim Blake Nelson and William Petersen and Bryan Cranston.

MARCH 13
Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel Humm and Will Guidara are at 92YTribeca.

MARCH 17
Joseph Arthur and Joan as Police Woman play City Winery.

MARCH 21
Jolie Holland plays City Winery.

MARCH 29
At 92YTribeca: a screening of the very cute The House Bunny, followed by a panel discussion (!). This trailer made me laugh more than all of Bridesmaids (but I guess that’s not fair since I walked out of Bridesmaids halfway through).

APRIL 4–28
“Insights” by Stephan Gersh at Soho Photo: “Gersh [...] began photographing in 1964, when he worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams. [He says:] ‘There are gifted moments when the world I see reveals hidden energies and forms of Great Nature. In a state of openness and receptivity, I am blessed at those moments to glimpse both.’” Also: Exhibits by Regine Corngold, Peter Agron, Jorge Luis Montegudo, and Christer Allevik.

DECEMBER 4
The Slow Food Show at New Amsterdam Market “will feature a select number of start-ups and is open to the public at no charge.”

DECEMBER 6–30
R 20th Century presents “The Objects Show.” See photo for explanation.

DECEMBER 8–29
“One Art Space presents ‘Holiday Art Show,’ a group exhibition by nine artists from different generations and origins with a variation of subjects and media. All artworks will be under $1,000 and part of the profit will be donated to a local homeless charity.”

DECEMBER 11
“The Second Israeli-Russian Film Festival is starting with all-day program on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich. Reception will follow at the Anne Frank Center USA.”

DECEMBER 16
Tin Pan plays the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center: “Drawing from elements of jazz, blues, country, and rock, Tin Pan produces a sound that encompasses the full spectrum of American Roots-style music. The intention of its style is pure and simple: to be enjoyed and to make people dance.”

DECEMBER 16–17
Poets House‘s winter book sale: ‘Come enjoy some cider and peruse a selection of duplicates for sale in the Stanley Kunitz Conference Room on the 2nd floor during our normal hours. All proceeds benefit the library.”

DECEMBER 16–JANUARY 28
“FB Gallery is pleased to present ‘Metropole Remix,’ the first exhibition by Brazilian artist Alê Souto [left] in New York. ‘Metropole Remix’ recreates an imaginary city inspired by the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. The exhibition consist of a mural encompassing the whole first floor of the gallery, four big scale canvases, 10 original prints, a series of drawings (Suburbio remix), and three site specific installations. Alê Souto’s metropolis raises issues which are common of any great world city: Loneliness, mobility, social divide and how technology impacts the urban and human landscape.”

DECEMBER 17
Scott Weiland has a Christmas album (!) and he’ll be playing it at City Winery.

JANUARY 1
Grayson Hugh will be playing a concert at V Café (a.k.a. Viet Café): “Here is a rare opportunity to hear internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Grayson Hugh and singer Polly Messer perform some of Grayson’s new songs from his new release “An American Record” and his past hits in an intimate, acoustic setting.”

JANUARY 4–FEBRUARY 4
Soho Photo is pleased to announce that January’s guest exhibitor will be Gao Yuan, a Chinese-born artist who will present three bodies of work—’Grafitti,’ ‘Twelve Moons’ and ‘Chinese Gangster’ under the umbrella title, ‘Un(Re)Marked.’ Yuan says: ‘I like to use photography to probe and search the surface of appearances. The first and most fundamental territory that we inhabit is the territory of our own body. The way we adorn it is emblematic of personal and social identity. Patterning the surface of our body serves a dual function of both obscuring and proclaiming, masking vulnerable identity and marking individual status. There is also a contradiction in the act of tattooing as it asserts difference but also shows the willingness to subsume one’s individual identity within a sub-group.’” Also: Member exhibits by Sandy Carrion, Lois Youmans, Sandi Daniel, and Rosalie Frost.

JANUARY 9, 16, 23, AND 30, AND FEBRUARY 6
Steve Earle plays City Winery with Alison Moorer (“and friends”).

••• In other Worth Street news, RBC NYC is having a contest to determine what RBC stands for. “No one knows!” says the sign. Actually, I know, but you won’t believe me if I tell you.

••• Poets House is having a sleepover. For real! “We invite our Members to an unforgettable overnight experience of dreaming, reading and writing ‘poetry of the night.’ Join us after hours at Poets House for poetry, discussion, and sleeping among the books of your favorite poets in our darkened stacks. Poet Kristin Prevallet will lead our group of dreamers through a poetic hypnotic induction prompting poetic dreams and inspiration. In the morning, our guests will be encouraged to write and share what surfaces.”

••• NYC Dads Group is partnering with Tribeca Parenting to launch a series of New Dad Boot Camps. The Tribeca Boot Camp will be held on Saturday, November 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tribeca Parenting. “It’s an opportunity for expectant and new dads to connect with veteran dads (and their babies) for a frank discussion on the experience of becoming a father. We’ll talk about the opportunities and rewards of personally caring for our children as dads demonstrate holding, burping, changing, swaddling, and comforting crying babies.”

••• Long-time-coming Water Street restaurant SamSara opens tonight. (It’s next to Bridge Café.)

••• “If you co-name it, they will come. That’s what electronics giant J&R Music and Computer World is hoping will happen on Park Row, between Beekman and Ann streets in lower Manhattan, which the retailer wants the city to co-name J&R Way to boost sales and keep its business afloat. ‘Six hundred jobs are dependent on this,’ store spokesman Abe Brown last week told a Community Board 1 committee, apparently without bursting into giggles.” The committee rejected it, but J&R will try its luck with the City Council anyway. (New York Post)

••• Broadsheet Daily check in with Poets House (its annual showcase opens this week) and Friends of Bogardus Garden (which has begun hosting events, sponsored by local businesses).

••• “On a micro-level, though, local gyms have long hoped that the passage of a bill [allowing mixed martial arts in New York] could bolster their bottom lines. Peggy Chau, who operates Fighthouse in Tribeca [inside Tribeca Health & Fitness], says legalization would create a ‘domino effect.’ An event at Madison Square Garden would draw increased attention to the U.F.C., she says, which would lead to greater interest in mixed martial arts classes at all levels.” (New York Times)

••• Terroir is opening an outpost in Murray Hill, which either means Murray Hill is sort or cool or…. (Grub Street)

••• “Three thousand flags bearing the names of 9/11 victims will go on display in Battery Park this September. Called the NYC Memorial Field, the five-day project aims to give all New Yorkers who lived through the events of 9/11 a public place to gather and pay respects to those who were killed that day, during the 10th anniversary.” (DNAinfo)

Monday
Poets House’s annual Poetry Walk benefit across the Brooklyn Bridge; Bill Murray often participates. ••• A Matter of Taste, the documentary about Corton chef Paul Liebrandt, airs on HBO at  p.m. The film is about an hour and entertaining.

Tuesday
Denitia Odigie plays the Bubble Lounge: “Born and raised outside of Houston, Texas, Denitia’s earliest musical memories juxtapose classic country and 60s era soul on her memory’s mixtape.”

Wednesday
The new comedy Loveless, set in Soho, screens at 92YTribeca. ••• Also at 92YTribeca: “Fisticuffs,” which is described as “Iron Chef” for cartoonists. Left: A photo from the Fisticuffs blog. ••• Greg Laswell plays City Winery.

Thursday
Alan Rudolph’s Remember My Name screens at 92YTribeca, followed by Trouble in Mind. ••• Jazz vocalist Elli Fordyce is at Jerry’s Café.

Friday
Jennifer Grant discusses her father, Cary Grant, at 92YTribeca. ••• Later at 92YTribeca, Kindergarten Cop and Conan the Barbarian are screened.

Saturday
The ARChive of Contemporary Music’s Surfin’ Summer Record & CD sale; through June 26. ••• Radio Happy Hour at City Winery: “An afternoon of old-time radio comedy/drama with special guests Sun Airway, Hank & Cupcakes, and more.” ••• Hype Williams’s Belly and The Cure in Orange, a concert film, screen at 92YTribeca. Williams didn’t direct the Cure film but I’m too lazy to rewrite it so that’s clear.

Sunday
Father’s Day! Gift suggestions here. ••• Fulton Stall Market and New Amsterdam Market. ••• Bang on a Can Marathon at the World Financial Center Winter Garden.

As for ongoing events, you might consider…
Art.Write.Now.’s 2011 awards exhibition is at the World Financial Center’s Courtyard Gallery. This isn’t your average teenage art show. Below: Deconstructive Theater by budding architect Claire Hathaway, age 13. More examples here.

Tribeca Treats‘ Rachel Thebault is doing a demo on “How to Ice a Birthday Cake” at 1:15 p.m. on the Jay Street Stage. Afterward, she’ll be signing cookbooks at the bakery’s booth, and the first 10 people to buy the cookbook will get a slice of the cake for free.

Poets House is making a couple of typewriters available like we do in our children’s room, which kids really love, and we’ll be handing out little bird books and haiku pencils for kids to write their own poems about spring.

Bubby’s will have a booth featuring our heritage-raised pulled pork, BBQ brisket, sour cherry pie, and pink and watermelon lemonade. Our cow will also be there for great photo ops!

eXerBlast and blogger Mommy Poppins are hosting a trial eXerBlast Adventure: Score Xi energy points on the BlasterPath or chill out and relax in our BlastDown Zone. If you collect enough Xi energy you will be eligible to win a free trip to Universal Studios, Florida, or one of 50 free TrialBlast Adventures at the eXerBlast Center, opening in Tribeca in May. Participants will also receive a tour of the new eXerBlast facility at 100 Reade.

Taste of Tribeca is selling Taste of Tribeca T-shirts (new styles as well as classics, for $20) and tickets to the event, including Taste of Tribeca general taste ticket ($35 early bird); special VIP cocktail party package ($75 (includes day of taste ticket); and premium market seats ($175) and private tables ($950).

Friends of Hudson River Park will be getting the word out about how the community can get involved in the park and the new section at Pier 25 that opened at the end of last year. We’ll have a face-painter for the kids and staff and volunteers on hand to answer questions about the park and pass out information and drink bottles.

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is partnering with Canis Minor—our Family Shows next season feature so many animals it’s a perfect fit! We’ll have face painting and doggy treats, and we’ll raffle off some tickets. We’ll announce our Family shows—and the discounts that are available to 10Club members.

Stuzzicheria chef Ron Suhanosky will be serving veal-and-ricotta meatballs in tomato sauce ($5) and caramel popcorn with guanciale ($2). We’ll also be raffling off a $150 gift card so stop by and drop in a business card!

92YTribeca‘s booth will let kids decorate their own BYOK (Bring Your Own Kid—our Sunday-morning kiddie music program) canvas drawstring bag with colored fabric markers.

Grandaisy Bakery is bringing our store out into the street so people can enjoy our products al fresco. We’ll be getting fresh Roman-style pizza from our bakery at Tribeca throughout the day. We will also have breakfast as well as dessert pastries. We’ll also have some of our fresh bread that people can pick up and take home with them.

Balloon Saloon will be making kids’ and adults’ days alike even more fun with a variety of irresistible goodies including: amazing life-size Spiderman floaties, bubbles, balloons shaped like everyone’s favorite cartoon characters, beach buckets, and much more! Additionally, we will be distributing thousands of balloons for Broadway sensation “The Millionaire Dollar Quartet” and neighborhood association Ace.

Downtown Dance Factory dancers will be on the main stage at Greenwich & N. Moore at 10:45 a.m. And visit us at our booth too—we’ve got free raffles and fun crafts.

“We didn’t have any downtown friends or roots in the neighborhood,” says Tory Weil about moving from the Upper West Side in 2007. That changed when she was approached about joining the Friends of Bogardus Garden—and now she’s the president of the board. When the St. Louis native isn’t working on new initiatives such as the Bogardus Plaza, she sings professionally (she’s a mezzo-soprano who has performed at the Santa Fe Opera, among many other venues) and takes care of her two kids, Fiona (pictured) and Arlo. Right now, she’s particularly excited about two Bogardus Garden events. Sunday, Apr. 17, will bring Jazz and Poetry on the Plaza with the Alex Levin Trio and Emefe and an assist from Poets House; and Saturday, May 7, is May Day. “It’s our biggest event of the year,” says Weil. Bogardus Garden and Plaza will have live music and kids’ activities (including crafts with Playgarden and sugar-cookie decorating). “Now that we have the additional space provided by the plaza, it will be the best one yet!”

How long have you lived in the area?
I have lived in the area for nearly four years.

Which restaurants do you frequent most often?
I cook most of the time, which became extra fun once Whole Foods opened. As for eating out, we go through phases with the local restaurants. We have frequented Centrico, Marc Forgione (particulary great on a Sunday night for its amazing prix fixe), The Harrison, and, most recently, we’ve been hitting Tamarind (left).

Which restaurants do you tend to go to for a special occasion?
For special occasions we have gone to Bouley—one of the most stunning restaurants around. Megu is pricey but fun and delicious. My husband often retreats to Warren 77 to watch sports “with the guys” and swears by the bar food.

Where do you order in (or get take-out) from? Are there dishes you always order?
We order in from Muscle Maker Grill and just had our first delivery from Yorganic. It was fast, healthy, and yummy. For the never-ending “where can we get decent Chinese food delivered” dilemma, we have settled on Sammy’s. If you have any better ideas, do tell!

Which shops do you find it hard to resist popping into when you pass by?
I live around the corner from Petticoat Lane (right) and I love that it has a little bit of everything, from bathing suits to bras to jewelry. Jennifer, the owner, is an amazing saleswoman and can fit anybody! I also love to poke around Stella and pretend that one day I will properly set a table with a tablecloth and cloth place mats.

What was the last non-essential item you bought in Tribeca?
An itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie white-and-black polka dot bikini from Petticoat Lane. I went in to buy a one-piece suit that would be appropriate for family swim at the Downtown Community Center. Oh, well….

Are there any services (salon, fitness, etc.) that you’re particularly glad are in the neighborhood?
I’m thankful for New York Sports Club on Reade Street. I’m there almost every day and although it’s not flashy or sexy, it has what I need and, unlike Equinox, you get to have your own TV on the cardio equipment and now you can plug your iPod/iPhone right into your personal screen to watch/listen to your downloaded shows and music.

What’s the area’s best-kept secret?
The area’s best-kept secret is Goodie Girl Cafe, in the lobby of JCP at 146 Duane. Shira Berk whips up fabulous vegetarian soups, sandwiches, and salads. She also makes delicious muffins, biscotti, and other treats. Her chocolate-chip cookies are crazy good and she just started to make a fabulous gluten-free version. Yum, yum, yum! And today I discovered the Poets House just across the highway. They have an amazing new facility, and tons of programming for both children and adults. They will be joining us on the plaza to celebrate National Poetry month and Jazz Appreciation Day. I can’t wait to take my kids!

Where do you always take out-of-towners?
We love to take out-of-towners on a walk through the Bogardus Plaza to Duane Park and then walk up Staple Street to the Harrison for dinner.

What’s your favorite part of the area (street, park, whatever)?
My favorite part of Tribeca is, of course, the Bogardus Garden and Plaza. When the weather is nice, it’s wonderful to see flowers and shrubs blooming in the garden and so many people sitting at the tables in the plaza. The plaza in particular brings New Yorkers together. It’s not uncommon to see students, mommies, nannies, construction workers, office workers, and tourists all enjoying a peaceful moment in the heart of Manhattan.

Which neighborhood building do you wish you lived in and/or owned?
I love the Gerken Building, where I live, but I occasionally pine for a quieter corner, especially now, during the Chambers Street reconstruction project. The building that I secretly covet is 166 Duane. It’s on Duane Park, it’s still close to transportation, and best of all, it has a doorman.

Your most memorable celebrity sighting?
It’s fun to tell friends that we often have dinner at the same time as Jon Stewart on Sunday nights. And I was once at a birthday party for Christy Turlington’s son. She is totally down to earth and normal, but I really wanted to look pretty for the party. Why I thought that I could look good at 40 weeks pregnant at a party hosted by a supermodel is a question that I still ask myself. Anyway, I blew out my hair and put on a cute maternity outfit and makeup. I showed up to find a room full of parents in jeans and “I just rolled out of bed” hair. I stuck out, to say the least. The most exciting moment was when Gwyneth Paltrow breezed in with her kids and my daughter ended up seated next to Apple and even fed her pizza.

Any questions you wish you’d been asked?
I wish that there were more restaurants that had big healthy delicious salads in a nice setting for lunch. I miss Josie’s from the Upper West Side. I also would love to see an upscale kitchen-supply store. I cook a lot and often wish that there was something in the ‘hood that was more unique than Bed Bath & Beyond. Oh well, you can’t have everything—and we sure come close.

Recent TCQ&As:
• Deborah Lupard: “When I Moved to Tribeca, the Odeon was an Automat”
• Alycea Ungaro: “I Want Bouley Bakery Back”
• Marla Mase: “I Can Be Naughty at Times So Let’s Skip That Question”
• Elisa Casas: “Jenny McCarthy Had Phone Sex in My Bed”